You will notice that as you read, there is very little in the way of dialogue and I believe this serves to further place the reader into Susano's shoes- effectively portraying her feeling of loss and confusion as she wonders aimlessly through the desolate city streets. This is a dirty, dark world (literally.I don't think the sun made an appearance), and the art matches. It's very different from the clean approach taken in most manga, but it works.

It's busy, sometimes unclear, and faces can be off. For the drawings it is a 5+ (but without the people.) but for the story it is not understandable and when you finish the manga, you know exactly as much about the story than you knew before opening it.I would like to note that the single most important aspect of this manga is the art, since without it, the story could not be conveyed as well, as it is here.The art isn't perfect. Often you need to have a deep look at each picture to know what's happening there and everything (except the characters, which look very weird and have eyes that are like kilometers away from each other) is drawn really really great and in art, it just has a really interesting and unique drawing style which is really convincing.

If you are a lazy reader and care more about drawings this is perfect. If just for the story I wouldn't say it would deserve more than one star, because it's rare dialogue, hard to really understand what's it all about, and from beginning to end there is no explanation what's really going on. I decided on two, because the drawings are really amazing! The Gauna look really cool and creepy, it is really dark and everything suits that kind of story, so, to the story. I was not really sure if I should rate it with 1 2 or 3 stars. Quelle est l'origine de cette monstruosité ? Une femme et un homme que tout sépare vont tenter de percer ce secret OEuvre courte en deux volumes, Abara prolonge les délires cauchemardesques de Blame ! En mettant la barre encore plus haute. Partant de leur colonne vertébrale, une armure faite d'ossements indestructibles enveloppe le corps de leur propriétaire et se déploie dans toutes les directions, attaquant toutes formes de vie à proximité.

Les Shiro Gauna sont des créatures mutantes métamorphes qui sèment la terreur dans une cité futuriste. Abara est le nom d'une de ses oeuvres parmi les plus récentes. Ses histoires baignent dans une atmosphère étouffante que rendent encore plus oppressante des décors vertigineux, des créatures mi-humaines mi-synthétiques monstrueuses et un panel de personnages à l'inhumanité troublante. Rendu célèbre par Blame !, sa série culte, Tsutomu Nihei est devenu un auteur de SF incontournable, au graphisme et à la mise en page uniques.

Noise nihei